Memorials: Memorials may be made to Mission Granbury for victims of the tornado.

Chris was born Oct. 31, 1951, in Tyler, to John Charles Ashley and Billie Joyce Slaughter Ashley. He married Sherry Ford, Dec. 4, 2003, in Las Vegas, Nev. He was a project manager at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant. He thought the world of his boss, Rudy.

He loved to work in his yard and take car trips with his wife who loved him dearly. Chris loved spending time with his sister, family, grandbabies and extended family. He was dearly loved and will be missed greatly.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Charles Thomas Ashley.